Bond case granted a brief extension

Next hearing scheduled for March 14

Richard Bond, the former Crested Butte-Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce director, appeared in District Court on Friday afternoon, March 2. No plea was entered and no agreement has been reached between Bond and the District Attorney’s office.

Deputy District Attorney Keith Mandelski asked the presiding judge, Steven Patrick, to set a new hearing date so he and the defense could finish reviewing numbers in the case.
A hearing was set for March 14 at 1:30 p.m. If Bond and the District Attorney’s office reach an agreement, Bond can enter a plea, and the case will go into disposition. Alternatively, Bond can enter a plea of not guilty and the case will go to trial.
Bond, the former treasurer of several local nonprofit organizations, has been accused of felony theft in conjunction with his position with the Crested Butte Rotary Club. Most felony cases start off in County Court for a preliminary hearing and are moved to District Court.
Bond is looking at five class-4 felony counts of theft between $1,000 and $20,000, after allegedly taking more than $40,000 from the Rotary Club account in a series of transactions starting in November 2008. The investigation broke out the transactions in six-month segments, with the last allegedly occurring between May 14, 2011 and August 31, 2011. Bond also faces one count of theft under $500.